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= Distributions =
The recommended way for installing Octave and Octave-Forge packages on GNU/Linux systems
is via each distribution package installation system.


The recommended way for installing Octave on GNU/Linux systems is via each distribution's package installation system. If this is for some reason not possible, or the available Octave version too old, consider using a [[#Distribution_independent|distribution independent]] approach described below or [[Building|build Octave from source]].
More detailed instructions follow.


== Arch Linux ==
=Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu)=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''
 
pacman -S octave
 
== Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu) ==


: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''
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  apt install liboctave-dev  # development files
  apt install liboctave-dev  # development files


== Fedora ==
= Fedora =


: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
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  dnf install octave-devel  # development files
  dnf install octave-devel  # development files


== Gentoo ==
= Gentoo =


  emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave
  emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave


== openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise ==
=Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''
 
zypper install octave
zypper install octave-devel  # development files
 
== Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS ==


: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
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If the above does not work, follow [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F these instructions] to set up your system to install packages from EPEL.
If the above does not work, follow [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F these instructions] to set up your system to install packages from EPEL.


== Slackware ==
= openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise =


: ''Main article: [[Octave for Slackware]]''
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''


= Distribution independent =
zypper install octave
zypper install octave-devel  # development files


Using a distribution independent approach is particularly useful if you have an older GNU/Linux distribution or if you do not have root access on your system. A common drawback of this approach is, that these solutions are running in some kind of sandbox. Thus limitations in the communication with the underlying system may exist.  For example, executing system binaries outside the sandbox might be impossible.
=Arch Linux=


== Anaconda ==
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''


* More info: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/octave
  pacman -S octave
 
  conda create --name octave
  conda activate octave
  conda install -c conda-forge octave
 
== Docker / Podman / Singularity ==
 
* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/gnuoctave/octave
* Development: https://github.com/gnu-octave/docker
 
docker pull docker.io/gnuoctave/octave:{{Release}}
podman pull docker.io/gnuoctave/octave:{{Release}}
 
  singularity pull docker://gnuoctave/octave:{{Release}}
 
=== mtmiller's version ===
 
* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave
* Development: https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/docker-octave
 
docker pull docker.io/mtmiller/octave
 
== Flatpak ==
 
* More info: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
* Development: https://github.com/flathub/org.octave.Octave
 
flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave
 
== Guix ==


* More info: https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/octave-6.2.0/
=Homebrew on Linux=
 
guix install octave
 
== Homebrew on Linux ==
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"Homebrew on Linux" was formerly a fork known as Linuxbrew. It is possible to install the current release of Octave or the development version and any needed dependencies within your home directory.
Octave is provided by the [https://brew.sh/ Homebrew] package manager, which is a cross-distribution packaging system. "Homebrew on Linux" was formerly a fork known as Linuxbrew. It is possible to install the current release of Octave or the development version and any needed dependencies within your home directory. This is particularly useful if you have an older GNU/Linux distribution or if you do not have root access.
 
* More info: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
* Development: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave
 
brew install octave
 
== MXE ==
 
* More info: [[MXE]]
* Development: https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave
 
== Snap ==
 
* More info: https://snapcraft.io/octave
* Development: https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap


snap install octave
Homebrew can be installed with the command:


If you want to use a nightly snapshot build of the development branch of Octave, install from the ''edge'' channel
    sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install.sh)"


snap install --edge octave
It can be added to your shell environment and future login environments with:


== Spack ==
    test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
    test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
    test -r ~/.bash_profile && echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.bash_profile
    echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.profile


* More info: https://spack.readthedocs.io/
Once set up, Octave can be installed with the command:
* Development: https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py


spack install octave
    brew install octave


= Building from source =
=Docker=


: ''Main article: [[Building]]''
Octave is available as a Docker container. This can be used to easily run Octave in a well-defined, minimal GNU/Linux container. It can be used as a standard interactive Octave shell or to run scripts, but it may be mostly of interest to developers for use in automated build, test, or CI environments.


== See also ==
    docker pull mtmiller/octave
    docker run mtmiller/octave octave --version


* [[Octave for other Unix systems]]
The image is hosted at [https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave mtmiller/octave on Docker Hub].


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